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THOUSANDS TURN AGAIN TO CHURCH IN HOUR OF NEED Spiritual Call Is Strong- in Time of Depression, Declare Ministers, Explaining‘Great Return.’ PASTORS PLAY ROLE OF DOCTORS Personal Visits to Casual Attendants at Worship Bring Many Into Closer Fellowship. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN Time* ( hurrh Editor “Today the prople feel that they need God.” In those simple hut all-powerful words, the Rev. L. C. E. Faekler of St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran church answers the question: “Why are people going to church in greater numbers than ever before?” There is only one answer, according to Bishop Joseph M. Francis of All Saints’ Episcopal cathedral:

“Always in times of distress and trouble, people who never have paid any attention to religions duty think of it and of God.” Those are the words of Bishop Francis, who on Sept. 21 will observe his thirty-fourth anniversary as a bishop of the Episcopal church. This is the seventh of a series of artirles on advance of the rhilri h movement in Indianapolis. Ihe eighth will appear Friday. These statements throw much light upon the opinion of Dr. Ernest N Evans, of the Church Federation of Indianapolis, when he says. "The church life of Indianapolis now is healthier than at any other time in the eight years I have been here," and that these mighty congregations "have developed an improved public opinion * Must Be Honest Returning again to the study of Mr Faekler. you hear him say: ‘Today, if we may analyze correctlv. people feel that they need God. The need and idea now is to be honest with God That is in harmony with the President's idea. "This increase in church membership is not due to liberality, but because people ne"d God. The pastors now are interpreting the needs of the people like a doctor. "Christians have not been aroused.'* Mr Faekler states, "as much as those not directly affiliated with any church. Sometimes as much as one third of my congregation are visitors." The part that visitors are playing in the congregations all over the city is one of the most tremendous discoveries of this study of churrh life in Indianapolis. Welcomed ly Pastor All churches have well-organized wi looming groups, meeting the •'visitor'* or the "stranger” either for church service or for Bible school. The pastor no only nonces the ‘new face," but immediately obtains information as to address of the visitor, number in the family, nature of employment, and the like. Then the pastor follows this churrh visit with a peisonal visit (Turn Cos Page Four! FALLS 3 STORIES BUT NURSES MINOR HURTS Wisconsin I . Student Misses Step Walking Building Coping. B V ' HiteW />.. . MADISON. Whs.. Aug. 10 Fred Wippcrman. University of Wisconsin medical student, nursed minor hurts today after falling three stories with a carving knife and orange in his hands The student, prominent in rampus affairs, said he went walking around the coping of the Wisconsin general hospital, peeling an orange as he advanced along the narrow ledge. When he slipped and fell, Wipperman declared, he swung outward and avoided striking a cement walk below. Fellow students carried him to the infirmary. A broken ankle was his most serious injury. DESTROY GOODS. LOOT .South Side Grocery Is Visited by Vandal Burglar. Burglars, who threw merchandise on the floor and poured water on it. robbed an A. and P. grocery at 1605 South East street early today of an undetermined amount of goods. William G Smith, manager, informed police Times Index Book a Day 13 Bridge 6 Broun Column 10 Canning—A Series 6 Church Cartoon 10 City Briefs 4 Classified 14 Comics 15 Crossword Puzzle 11 Curious World 15 Dietz on Science 7 Editorial 10 Financial 11 Fishing 13 Hickman Theater Reviews 16 Lippmann Column 11 Onward With Church—A Scries. 1 Radio 8 Serial Story 15 Sports 12 Vital Statistics 11 Woman s Page 6

The Indianapolis Times Unsettled with showers probable tonight or Friday; not much change in temperature.

VOLUME 45—NUMBER 78

CROPS IN STATE AIDED BY RAIN Additional Showers Today to Add to Relief for Farmers. Indiana farmers today had gained Riound in their battle against summer heat, the weather bureau reporting heavy rains in farm communities during the night. Although only .62 inch of rain fell in Indianapolis, reports from throughout the state showed that as high as 2.51 inches had fallen. This high mark was established at Farmland. Weather bureau officials said that every Indiana station reported rain. Forecast for the next twenty-four hours calls for additional rains, which will aid crop conditions further. Rain records reported today showed: Terre Haute. 2.34; Decker, 2.4; Craw fordsville, 1.30; Columbus, 1 52; Marion. 1.37; Shoals. 1.57; Anderson. 169; Noblesville, 1.42; Scottsburg. 1.25; Edwardsport, 1.17; and Wheatfield, 1.1.

FIGHT RULING DENYING FATHER CHILD’S CARE Juvenile Court Verdict C'halleneged in Habeas Corpus Petition. Right of Juvenile Judge John Geckler to grant the custody of a child to a grandmother and a stepgrandfather in preference to a father will be challenged Saturday morning in superior court one before Pro Tem Judge Carl Wood A habeas corpus petition was filed today by Thomas Donev. 15 West Sixteenth strept. in superior court, alleging that his daughter Helen. 5. is restrained wrongfully from going to his home and is held by ner grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Traiche Doneff of 152 West Sixteenth street. Custody of the echild was granted to the grandparents by Judge Geckler at a hearing in juvenile court on Aug. 2. The father was ordered to pay $2 weekly for the child's support. Attorneys for the father declare he can not pay the support money, but does desire to take the child and care for her. Doney has remarried. The child's mother is dead AIMEE SPURNS DAVY’S OFFER TO ‘MAKE UP’ Rebuffs "Iron Man's" Proposal to Drop Divorce Case. Bp I Ntfrrf Prr LOS ANGELES. Aug 10—David L. 'lron Man Hutton met only with rebuffs Wednesday when he sought a reconciliation with his blond evangelist wife. Aimee McPherson Hutton. Although the 250-pound singer's attorneys announced that the two had decided to "kiss and make up.” Mrs. Hutton let it be known at once she was a party to no such agreement. "My stand still is the same." Mrs. Hutton said when informed of the Hutton conciliation move. "I did not seek a divorce. I never have been served with papers in the suit filed by Mr. Hutton, and I am going to continue my evangelistic work.” ARGUE TRUCKING RATES Spokesman at Board Hearing Flays 'Chiselers' in State. Regulated truckers today suggested at the public service commission hearing that truck rates should be based on rail rates as a minimum "At the present time trucking is in a state of chaos because of chiselers." M. S Denny, head of the Denny Motor Transport Company. New Albany, said, in presenting the statement for the group. The hearings are expected to develop standardized charges for all transportation They are held in the supreme court room with transportation attorneys and officials attending. Hourly Temperatures 6 a m 71 10 a. m 76 7a. m 71 ll a. m 78 Bam—.7s 12 'noon'.. 79 9 • m 75 Ip. m 80

THOUSANDS OF WOMEN WILL AID NRA DRIVE

Mass Meeting Called For Friday to Enlist All Under Blue Eagle. THRONGS WILL PARADE Plans Progress for Giant Recovery Celebration Here Aug. 21. A mighty host of more than 10.000 Indianapolis women will be mobilized Friday, for active combat in the recovery army, under the standard of the rampant blue eagle. Housewives, office workers, college and high school girls, in fact, all women in the city will be asked to enlist in the army to patronize only firms affiliated with the NRA. One hundred presidents of women's clubs and federations in the city have accepted the invitation of Mrs. Elias C. Atkins, "lieutenantgeneral' of the local recovery army, to meet Friday at the Chamber of Commerce building. Represent Many Thousands These heads of women's clubs represent more than 10.000 city women, according to Mrs. Atkins, who will be enlisted, following the meeting. But officials in charge of local recovery made it clear that they want all women in the city to join the movement. Friday's meeting is open to the public. The large parade and celebration planned in Indianapolis for Friday. Atig. 21. officially has been designated "Indiana Recovery Day." A committee in charge of the parade was named today from district, state, and local recovery boards by Webb Sparks, executive director lor "recovery day.” Louis J. Borinstein, president of the Chamber of Commerce is chairman of the joint committee, which includes L. F. Shuttleworth and Lewis Taylor, of the district board; M. M. Dunbar and Adolph Fritz, of the state recovery board, and Charles M. Bryan. Mrs. Elias C. Atkins. Robert Fox and Henry L. Dithmer, of the local NRA board. Many Will Join The join, committee received hundreds of assurances from local merchants today that they would cooperate with the celebration and parade. In a letter today to all local recovery boards in the state William J. Mooney of the district board and Francis Wells, Indiana recovery director, asked local communities to join Indianapolis in putting Indiana Recovery day "over with a bang." Each county recovery board was asked, in the letter, to send delegations to Indianapolis on Aug. 21. and to enter floats in the parade, which is expected to be five miles long. Local celebrations on "recovery day" were urged in all counties in the appeal. Women to March 'The thousands of Indianapolis women to be recruited Friday are expected to form a colorful detachment of the parade. A monster NRA emblem made of red. white and blue flowers was offered the parade committee by the Allied Florists of Indianapolis today. A plan to have city merchants hold open house on the night of the celebration was voted down on Wednesday, the parade committee announced today. George E. Gill, in charge of two downtown federal re-employment agencies, announced registration of more than 5.000 by city unemployed today. Gill statwl that offers for jobs were beginning to trickle in from city industry. About a score of such offers have reached his office. he declared. While the tedious process of organizing the officer personnel for the war against ihe depression continued today with advances in the matters of appointing bureaus to interpret codes and hear complaints. Charles W. Chase. Indianapolis "general," was in Washington to contact General Hugh S Johnson, national recovery administrator. Will Invite Johnson Chase will invite General Johnson to attend the monster mass meetng in the parade Aug. 21. and also attempt to obtain detailed instructions for furthering' the recovery program in the city. Chase will take up the matter of a re-employment survey and seek enlightenment on the proposed federal methods to be used against employers who, while displaying the blue eagle, continue to violate terms of their covenants with the President. At a meeting of the local recovery board in the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday, the city was divided into thirteen districts and a “lieutenantcolonel' was appointed to supervise recovery work in each. Directors Are Named ' Lieutenant-colonels" in charge of the thirteen Indianapolis districts are Arthur E. Rose, president of the Rose Tire company; Frank B Flanner of Flanner A: Buchanan, undertakers; H. S. Rogers, secretary of the Outdoor Advertising Association of Indiana; F. E Glass, secre-tary-treasurer of the Crown Laundry. Ted M Campbell, branch manager of the F’.etcher Trust Cos.; Joseph McNamara, of the Indiana attorney general's office; Dr. Walter 55 Hemphill; John Kirch: Roscoe Conkie. undertaker; Ted C. Brown, secretary of the Electric League of Indianapolis; L. B McCracken. Central Life Assurance Society; Earl W Kiger. Kiger A- Cos.; and (Turn tu Page Seven)

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1933

Flee Death! Mother in Hiding With Baby After Poison Is Found in Milk.

SEEKING to thwart the activities of persons who have threatened and attempted to poison her 16-months-old son. Mrs. Claude Marsh, 1360 West Twentysixth street, today was in hiding at the home of relatives. Mrs. Marsh and her son. Claude Robert, left the family home late Wednesday, after a test of milk, intended for the child, showed that it contained wood alcohol. The attempt to poison the child followed receipt Tuesday afternoon of a crudely scrawled note threatening kidnaping and death of the baby. Today the house was locked and neighbors said no one knew the whereabouts of the child and the mother. Both Marsh and his wife have been unnerved by the threat and the poison milk attempt. a a a DISCOVERY of the wood alcohol in the milk was made by Dr. R. N. Harger, of the Indiana university school of medicine, who analyzed it at the request of The Times Part of the milk had been poured out and the alcohol poured in. The milk man who delivered the bottle said it was placed by him in a porch container about 3:15 Wednesday morning. Several hours later Mrs Marsh discovered the odor from the bottle, and feared to give it to her son. Police attitude that the kidnap threat note was the work of a prankster changed today following the milk incident, and Chief Mike Morrissey announced that three detectives had been assigned to the case.

DEFEND UNIONS IN COAL FIELDS Representatives of Labor and Industry Flay ‘Obstruction Tactics/ (OthFr D*UII*. On*. Section Two) // f tntrtl Pm i WASHINGTON. Aug. 10.—The recovery drive, moving swiftly along many fronts, received impetus today when representatives of both industry and organized labor at the bituminous coal code hearing joined in severe denunciation of obstructionist tactics and “cut-throat competition." , Frank E. Taplin. railroad and coal magnate, spoke for industry and John L. Lewis, veteran president of the United Mine Workers of America. for organized labor at the hearing. Taplin defended mine unionization and Lewis warned that disaster would result if the industry did not show more co-operation. ‘ I'd rather deal with unions than with cut-throat coal operators." shouted Taplin. criticising the stand of Charles O'Neill, w'ho has refused to withdraw company union provisions of the code proposed by th? Northern Coal Control Association. Taplin and Lewis appeared at the second day of NRA hearings on the conflicting codes of fair competition for coal. TUBE-FED PRISONER ESCAPES AT HOSPITAL Reformatory Inmate Flees Despite Seriousness of Condition. A young reformatory inmate, who can be fed only through an artificial tube, escaped from the Riley hospital todav. where he had been taken for treatment, and police were hunting him in downtown Indianapolis. The man. Anson Hafer. 21. had been brought to the hospital by a reformatory guard for treatment, which he received every ten days. He begged to be excused for a moment. left the room by a side door and could not be found. Dr, J. J. Hohner. who had been treating Hafer. said the youth could not go far. as he was in "very weak condition."

LANDLORDS IN CITY VICTIMS OF RACKET Bad Check Artist Representing Self as Tenant Sought by Cops. A check racket by which dozens or more rental property owners in the city have been victimized started a search today by police for a smooth 'tenant.” Representing himself as a railroad man transferred here from Richmond, the ‘'tenant" gave him a check which exceeded by sl6 75 the amount of a months rent, Charles H. School. 1411 Prospect street, told police. Scholl cashed it. giving the visitor the difference. He did not return. Investigation at a downtown bank disclosed, Scholl says, that several other landlords in the city had been stung by the stranger's game. TO M~HATES>ORCU PI N ES Town's Noted Alley Cat Can't Bear 'Em After Losing Fight to One. TULARE. Cal. Aug. 10.—Tulare'3 biggest and wildest alley cat. White Tom. just can't stay out of trouble. His latest burst >nto print was occasioned by his battle with a porcupine which soundly trounced the big feline. Tom. previously gained notoriety when he was attacked by a pair of mocking birds who pecked him severely after he raided their nest. t

CUBAN GENERAL STRIKE GOES ON IN DEFIANCE OF RULE BY ARMY

M’NUTT ACTION BELIEVED NEAR ON TAP BEER Governor Prepares Request tor Legality Opinion, Statenouse Rumor. Governor Paul V. McNutt today was reported to be drafting a letter to Philip Lutz Jr., state attorneygeneral. asking for an opinion on the legality of draught beer under the state beer law. Lutz has not amplified his statement to The Times last week that he would lift the ban on draught beer whenever asked for an opinion. Meanwhile, retailers throughout the city were installing equipment for handling of keg beer, claiming the “inside tip" had come down that draught beer would be permitted to go on sale Monday. Dealers Are Busy Dealers from all parts of the state were reported attempting to make arrangements with breweries in Milwaukee. Chicago and Cincinnati for the shipment of barreled brew. Ignoring the Governor's outright intimation Tuesday that he was preparing to ask Lutz for an opinion. Police Chief Mike Morrissey today re-read his draught beer orders to the police force, including traffic officers, insisting on “immediate arrests’* in any place where keg beer was put on sale. Observers and lawyers pored once more over the beer law and cast their favorite theories as to how Lutz would "get around" the bottled beer provision. ‘Discrimination* Is Loophole The most favored theory is that Lutz will declare the law discriminatory" in its bottled beer provisions. Lutz easily can declare any one section of the beer law' invalid without injuring the effectiveness, observers insist. The beer law has a ‘’saving clause," making all other parts of the law effective, despite any section which may be declared unconstitutional. One clause of the beer law is interpreted by lawyers to indicate that hotels, dining rooms, restaurants, or any eating place may sell draught ber, because no bar on draught beer has been set out. The •*catch," they say. comes In the other sections of the law which prohibit the sale or transportation of barrel beer by breweries, importers and wholesalers. Snags Are Faced Because of this and many interlocking parts of the law, Lutz, it is said, will be treading on dangerous ground in rendering any decision, in view of the theory that tampering with certain phrases may leave Indiana "bone dry" once again. McNutt is said to have been influenced in his decision to ask for a draught beer opinion by the great amount of taxes which surrounding states, selling draught beer, are collecting. Indiana also is confronted with a lass in taxes from "bootleg keg beer." especially in the northern part of the state. Should McNutt fail to ask for an opii ion, many retailers in Indianapolis assert they are determined to put draught beer on sale, despite the co: sequences.

May Delay Request Comment was prevalent in the statehouse today to the effect that McNutt might not ask for an opinion. in view of the three-judge federal court sitting today to hear argume at South Bend in the Abe R -,en dispute. Well-informed persons, however, pointed out that the court is sitting merely to determine the constitutionality of the entire law. and that the South Bend case has no bearing whatever on draught beer. The judges sitting in the South Bend case are Samuel Alschulerand Will M. Sparks of the United States circuit court of appeals, and Robert C. Baltzell of the southern Indiana district. Hits Beer Law Section By L nit rd Prr* HAMMOND. Ind , Aug. 10.—Declaring section six of the state beer control law unconstitutional, for the second time. Judge Virgil E. Whitaker of Hammond city court dismissed charges of selling beer without a license against Joseph Ott and Walter Rock. In a similar ruling recently Whitaker held that section six violates provisions of the fourteenth amendment guaranteeing citizens equal protection under the law. The state beer control law. he said, sets up a dictatorship over civilians. Beer Driver Freed By l mini Prrti VALPARAISO Ind.. Aug. 10. Ralph Barnard, truck driver for Abe Rosen, unlicensed Gary beer dealer, and a truckload of beer confiscated by police here Wednesday were released under bonds totaling $l,lOO today. Barnard s bond wras set at SSOO on a charg* of illegally transporting beer, and he posted S6OO to secure release of the beer truck He was arrested here last month by Sheriff Neil Fry on a similar charge.

GETTING IN TRIM FOR DRAUGHT FLOOD

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Foaming draught beer may be declared legal next week, and the city’s beer retailers are losing no time in preparing for the anticipated rush of patrons. Miss Nana Russell. 424 North Alabama street, is shown getting in a little advance practice in manipulating one of the new style draught beer novelty boxes, of the type used in restaurants, to be ready to start when Governor Paul V McNutt gives the signal.

TOYS ARE STOLEN BY MEANEST THIEF

Child's Playthings Taken From North Side Home. A "meanest thief” broke into police records here today, with the report from Paul Tharp. 2621 North New Jersey street, of the theft of children's playthings Moving from 2142 North New Jersey street, Tharp brought the children's goods to the attic of his new home. A burglar broke into the house and stole a small electric stove, a toy dressing table, a child's cedar chest, a tiny set of dishes, a doll house, and an Erector set, of a total value of $42. JUDGE'S MISSING SON BACK HOME ‘BROKE* Dad Thought had. 12, Was ‘Hunting Indians.' but He Was at Fair. Bjf I nitrfl ft ra HAMMOND. Ind.. Aug. 10 Twelve-year-old Theodore Holliday Whitaker, son of Judge Virgil E. Whitaker of city court, returned home today, broke. When the boy disappeared Sunday morning the judge refused to institute a search for him. saying. ‘'He ll turn up. He's merely gone to hunt Indians somewhere.” Wednesday Teddy's parents received a postal card from Chicago advising them. “I'm at the world's fair. Will be back in October.” Lack of funds hastened his return, he said. DOG FOREST WORKER Answers All Roll Calls at Colorado Civilian Corps Camp. By fnileti Prrtu BOULDER. Colo.. Aug. 10—Spic is only a dog. but he's very much "one of the boys.” even to sleeping between sheets with his head on a pillow. He is the mascot of the Rainbow Lakes camp of the civilian conservation corps. He manages to keep busy about the camp all day. his name is included in every roll call, and he sleeps in a different bed every night. Recently he has been somewhat high hat” and has slept only in officers' tent*. PRESERVES ROYAL BED Rockefeller Jr. Restores Property of Marie Antoinette. By f nitrft Prrtt VERSAILLES. Aug. 10.—Thanks to Rockefeller generosity, if Mane Antoinette were to return to her "hameau” in the Gardens of Versailles today, she could climb into her fine old bed and find it in all its glory. John D., Jr , has had it restored to perfect condition. It is a small bed and white lacquered, over which is a canopy of flowered siUk

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RESCUE EFFORT BY WOMAN IS FATAL

Swimmer Dies Trying to Save Husband’s Life. By I nilnl prrta SOUTH BEND. Ind., Aug. 10,-An attempt to save the life of her husband resulted late Wednesday in the drowning of Mrs. Irene Robertson, 22, South Bend, in Hudson lakp. Other swimmers saved the husband. and recovered Mrs. Robertsons body. U. S. RULING ON FLOUR TAX ASKED BY STATE 4.000 Barrels for Institutions Are Involved In Query. Whether the state must pay the federal processing tax on 4.000 barrels of flour purchased for state institutional use was the query sent to Washington today by Governor Paul V. McNutt. He addressed the question to the department of agriculture, which is charged with the processing tax collection. At $l3B a barrel, the amount for which the state has been billed, the tax pavment would be $4,520. The Governor said he believed ;he flour was tax exempt, since state institutions are in the category of charity and the federal government cannot tax a state. Since no appropriations for such tax payments were made by the legislature, it would upset institution budgets to make the payment*, he pointed out. PROTECT WHITE EGRETS Game Wardens Ordered to Prevent Shooting of Vanishing Bird. By 1 nitrrl prf HARRISBURG. Pa Aug. 10 State game wardens havo been ordered by Ernest E Harwrod. secretary of the game commission, to increase their vigilance over the areas inhabited by the American esrret, beautiful, snow-white bird once nearly exterminated because of the value of it* plumes in the millinery trade. Two of the birds were found recently with their wings crushed by shot and Harwood warned that hunters convicted of shooing egrets will be given maximum penalties. ASKS $25,000 DAMAGES Peoples Motor Coach Company Sued Over Injuries in Bus. Damages of $25,000 are asked by Charles A. Wagner in a suit against the Peoples Motor Coach Company for injuries which he charges he suffered when he tripped on a length of metal holding linoleum floor covering and fell against a seat handle. Wagner assert* he received a spinal injury’. The suit was filed In superior court two.

HOME EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cents

War Declaration by Mat chado Fails to Halt . •Revolt.’ FOOD SUPPLY CUT OFF Rigid Martial Law Enforced in Havana and Through Island. BY LAWRENCE S. HAAS I nitril Pre* SUIT l'orro<>n<tfnt (Copvnaht. 1933. by Untied Pressi HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. in. —Cuba's passive revolution, in defiance of rigid martial law and the power of the army behind President Gerardo Machado, continued unabated today. A bomb exploded at Banderas and Puerto Ccrradas strpets, killing Baldomoro Pereira, a passerby. Another bomb at Animas and Lealtad streets damaged property, but caused no casualties. The general strike which has cut off ihe city's supply of milk, bread, meat and other neeessitles of life, .-till was in full force and hunger threatened thousands State of War Declared Army trucks began bringing provisions to the markets, but prices were shooting up. Police drove many breadlines away from bakeries in the renter of the city, and took over the bread supply. The presidential proclamation declaring a state of war was pasted this morning. It gave "participants in seditious movements" twenty-four hours from the time of signing the decree—s p. m. Wednesday—to deliver arms and munitions to the authorities. Civil authorities are to relinquish their authority to the military as soon as disturbances occur in any locality, the proclamation said. Discuss U. S. Peace Formula The national executive committee of Machado's liberal party was railed i to discuss the peace formula offered by Sumner Welles, American ambassador. Military authorities in Havana prohibited the assembling of groups in the streets and required pedestrians to keep moving. Sixty persons were arrested for participation in disturbances Welles told the press that President Roosevelt had advised Cuban Ambassador Oscar Cintas that Welles had been and is now acting with the President's full approval. Poltiral adherents of Machado presented documents to Welles supporting the course he is taking. American Girl Arrested Anti-Ameriean propaganda, broadeast from local radio stations allegedly by the government, bore its first fruit when Miss Hertha Skirving, Alabaman, in charge of the commercial cable office 3t the Plaza, hotel, was seized by a policeman as she left the hotel and was dragged screaming through the streets to a police station. Another American watched as police took her to the central station. He telephoned Ambassador Welles, and Miss Skirving was released No reason was given for her arrest. The incident was attributed solely to the anti-American feelings engendered among police and other government supporters by the denunciatory broadcasts which seemed undoubtedly to have emanated from government sources. G. 0. P. Backs Roosevelt By FREDERICK A. STORM I rilled TrfM f'orrrtipondrnt HYDE PARK. N. Y. Aug 10. Republican members of the house foreign relations committee pledged their support today to President Roosevelt's policy in dealing with the Cuban crisis. Representative Hamilton Fish of New York conferred with Mr. Roosevelt at the summer White House and announced that, as spokesman for the Republican committee members, he told the President "he would back him up under the Platt amendment, short of tho use of armed force." In his role as ranking member of the committee. Fish added that he believed diplomatic pressure was all that was necessary to bring about peace in the island republic. Fish said he was in favor of a downward revision in Cuban sugar duties and in duties on products from other Latin-American countries and Canada. DIES AS SONS LIE HURT Fate Plays Strange Part in Death of Kokomo Woman. By Pnitrd Preii KOKOMO. Ind. Aug. 10.—’While her’ two sons were kept from her bedside by automobile accidents, Mrs Rebecca Sharp, 76, died here on Wednesday. One son. Gibson. La Porte, was injured in an accident near Winarrsae. The other son, Horare of Chicago, was injured at almost the same time in an accident at Hammond. $6,000 IN BONDS STOLEN Auto and SIOO Worth of nothing Vanish With Securities. His automobile, containing $6 000 of real estate bonds and SIOO m clothing, was stolen late Thursday night from Twentieth and New Jersey streets, James Larvin, 418 East Fifteenth street, reported to police today. 4